Siritunga Jayasuriya
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Siritunga Jayasuriya was a contestant in the Sri Lanka presidential election in 2005. He received 35,405 votes, 0.4 % of the votes cast and came third. He is a trade unionist and leader of the United Socialist Party. He was formerly a member of the Lanka Sama Samaja Party and later the Nava Sama Samaja Party.
In early 2007, Siritunga narowly escaped a raid by 300 armed thugs at a place where a rally against civil war in Sri Lanka was due to take place.[1][2]
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- ^ Murderous raid on Anti-War Rally in Colombo - retrieved 14/08/07
- ^ Government blamed for violent attack on anti-war rally organisers - retrieved 14/08/07
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